As a student in International Relations Studies, I have often valued relations between states and regional forum to understand the socio/economic/political situation of the present. Despite the fact that the topic of this assignment is focusing primarily on SINO-ASEAN security relations since the end of the cold war. China's past role in the area turns out to be an important factor in explaining the behavior of Southeast Asia countries as well as China itself. The historical and political relationships between China and the region to the south date back almost two thousand years.
Advertisement
